Bug 276537

Summary: MSN service availability (status) site URL not correct
Product: [Unmaintained] kopete Reporter: Alessandro Menti <alessandro.menti>
Component: MSN PluginAssignee: Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: minor    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.0.80   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
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Description Alessandro Menti 2011-06-26 15:33:49 UTC 
Version:           1.0.80 (using KDE 4.5.5) 
OS:                Linux

When you try to open the MSN service availability Web site, Kopete opens "http://messenger.msn.com/Status.aspx". Microsoft has changed the location of that page (without providing a correct redirect): the URL should be now "https://status.live.com/detail/messenger".

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up an MSN Messenger account in Kopete and log in.
2. Right-click on the Kopete tray icon and choose "<MSN account name>->Open MSN service status site..."

Actual Results:  
The browser opens the URL "http://messenger.msn.com/Status.aspx"; the Microsoft server redirects the request to "http://explore.live.com/windows-live-messenger?os=other" (a Messenger promotional page).

Expected Results:  
The browser opens the MSN Messenger service status page.

1. The new correct URL for the Messenger status page is "https://status.live.com/detail/messenger". Microsoft also provides a page containing the status of all Live services at "https://status.live.com/".
2. If the code has not changed since the "Open MSN service status site" menu item has been added (see bug 108803), the function that needs to be fixed is "void MSNAccount::slotOpenStatus()" in "msnaccount.cpp" (see the original patch: http://bugsfiles.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=11741).
Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-06 15:14:28 UTC 
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!
Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-08 14:41:39 UTC 
Hi there, sorry for the bad news, but MSN has been discontinued, so I will be closing this bug.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!